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Volume III
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Long Beach, Calif., 31 October, 1936 Number XLII
HOUSTON'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
Plans are now being made for the
annual children's Christmas Party
to be given aboard ship on Christmas
Day. The Navy Relief Committee
( mentioned in another column of this
sheet) has consented to undertake
the planning of the party, but help
from all hands will be needed to make
it a success. We feel sure that the
fun which all, young and old, will
have at the party, plus the satis­faction
of seeing so many happy little
children in our midst will be more than
ample reward for the effort required.
The general plan is as follows:
Children between the ages of five and
twelve of all men attached to the ship
plus about twenty- five children of
poor families will be invited to the
party. The children will be divided
into a number of groups, and a group
will be assigned to each division for
special attention and guidance during
the entire time they are on the ship.
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NAVY TO PLAY PENN
--::--
Today the Midshipmen's football
team will meet the Pennsylvania Uni­versity's
football team at Franklyn
Field, Philadelphia. Early in the sea­son,
Yale defeated Penn. 7- 0. Two
weeks ago the Quakers downed the
powerful Princeton eleven 7- 0. Last
Saturday they romped over Brown
48- 6. However, in spite of Penn's.
powerful defense and veteran com­bination
of players, Navy should come
through for a win. In the past three
years Pennsylvania has failed to
score on Navy. Then too, Navy is
smarting under two hard fought de­feats.
HOUSTON TO GET UNDERWAY
0001 2nd. NOVEMBER
The HOUSTON and the CHICAGO
have orders to be prepared to get
underway at 0001 Monday two N0­vember.
It is expected that the HOU­STON
will be off the Mare Island
Light at about 0845 on the morning
of the third. The CHICAGO will be off
this light at about 091G the same
morning. . f.
NEW DENTIST
--::--
This past week Lt. ( jg) C. A.
Schlack ( DC) reported aboard for
duty. This is the first time that the
HOUSTON has had a dentist regular­ly
assigned to her ' since returning
from China. Mr. Schlack has been
spending the entire week getting ac­climated
and getting his office in
shape; but, this coming week he will
open shop for business.
We are indeed fortunate in having
such a capable man assigned to the
r: hip. Mr. Schlack is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania Dental
College and after graduation went
back to the University as an instructor ·
The Blue Bonnet in behalf of the
Officers and Crew welcome our new
Dentist aboard and wish him a happy
cruise. ....
FATHOMS BELOW
Lt. ( jg) J. W. Williams, Signal Offi­cer,
has received orders to the in­struction,
Submarine School New Lon­don,
Conn. Mr. Williams will be de­tached
from the shoip five December.
Before going ', 0 New London, he is
expecting to be married.
ARGENTINE NAVAL SHIP
IN PORT
Friday morning the Argentine Na­val
Training Ship, President Sarmien­to,
commanded by Comdr. ( Captain
de Fragata) Francisco J. Clarizza
arrived in San Pedro for a weeks
visit. The ship is making a practice
cruise of West Coast and Carribean
ports with some twenty- eight Mid­shipmen.
She left Buenos Aires on
22 August for a five and a half months
cruise. On this cruise she has or' will
visit Montevideo, Magallanes, Val­paraiso,
Callao, Los Angeles San
Francisco, Balboa, Havana, Puerto
Rico, and Pernambuco. She will leave
San Pedro on the eighth for San Fran­cisco
where she will remain until the
twentieth.
The President Sarimento is a three
masted sailing vessel of 2850 tons dis­placement,
with auxiliary power con­sisting
of two coal burning boilers
and two engines capable of a maxium
speed of 15 knots. At a cruising speed
of 10 knots, she has a cruising radius
of 4500 miles. Her armament consists
of: 3- 4. 7 inch 45 cal, 1- 4 inch, 2- 6
pounders, and 2- 3 pounders. She was
orginially built in 1898 and in 1929
she was refitted as a training ship.
She can- res a crew in addition to the
Officers and Midshipmen of 8 Chief
Petty Officers, 66 Petty Officers, 128
seamen and 40 conscripts.
.. I •
NAVY DAY OBSERVED
This past Tuesday, Theodore Roose­velt's
birthday, was observed through­out
the nation as Navy Day. All over
the country appropriate ceremonies
were held. Theodore Roosevelt's birth-
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